While Simon Bolivar has been right for 200 years, the U.S. is not doomed: it can and must stop exploiting, impoverishing and killing its neighbors, writes Medea Benjamin.
Plaguing the Americas With Misery in the Name of Liberty
Tag: Nicolas Maduro
Michael Brenner: Hegemony?
Iran War ‘Biggest Opportunity’ for US Oil Lobby
After resisting Trump’s demands for quick investments in Venezuela, oil industry bigs see Iran regime change as a “wonderful day,” reports Max Blumenthal.
Hedges Report: Narco-Trafficking Elite Set to Run Venezuela
Marco Rubio’s [peripheral] personal ties to drug trafficking underscore a deep irony in the Trump administration’s attempts to use the drug war as a means of achieving their imperialist goals in Latin America.
How Britain Helped Trump Destabilize Venezuela
Keir Starmer says the U.K. was “not involved” in the kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro. But Britain has been supporting regime change in Venezuela for years, John McEvoy reports.
Did Venezuela VP Hand Over Maduro in Deal With the US?
Reports in the Miami Herald and The Daily Telegraph in London suggest Vice President Delcy Rodríguez betrayed President Nicolas Maduro to rule Venezuela in an arrangement with the U.S., writes Joe Lauria.
Trump’s Teatro Yanqui del Absurdo
UPDATED: Donald Trump’s Mar-al-Lago press conference announcing that the U.S. would “run” Venezuela was pure Yankee theater of the absurd, writes Joe Lauria.
Assange Files Complaint to Block Machado From Nobel
The WikiLeaks founder filed a criminal complaint arguing the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to pro-war Maria Corina Machado of Venezuela violates Swedish law, reports Joe Lauria.
VIPS MEMO: What Wider War in Venezuela Would Bring
Russia, and possibly even China, would feel obligated to enhance military support in response to a missile, air, or even drone strike on sovereign Venezuelan territory. Escalation would be almost inevitable.
Caitlin Johnstone: Everyone Is 12 Now
The mainstream western worldview is like a children’s cartoon, with the Bad Guys doing Bad Things simply because they are Bad, and the Good Guys striving heroically to stop them.